Friday, August 5, 2011

I have an editor!

Yes. I, Marie Rose Dufour, have an editor. She e-mailed me and introduced herself Wednesday night. What was really exciting is that she informed me I could have my edits by Sunday. Wow. I had a feeling once they were working on the cover, the edits couldn't be far behind. I don't know how the whole process will work but I will be learning soon. She also told me that everything had to be in it's final copy for submission by September 19th. Very exciting.

It also brought to my attention that I might not meet my writing goal. My goal was to have two books finished and submitted by the time of the book release. I don't think I will make it. One will definitely be done and submitted but I might be half way through the third at that time. We'll see.

Just waved the husband off on his trip, he is going to be an extra in the new Batman film. It is being filled in Pittsburgh. He and a friend are driving ten hours to get there. All I can say is "no thank you". The one good thing about living in a small state is that I can travel anywhere in the state in under a hour. There are has to be some perks. If I was going on the trip, I would have flown. Sorry! I get car sick. If I text in the car, as a passenger of course, I get sick. If I look at a map, I get sick. Or a book..., you get the picture. I won't even tell you about my problem with drinking lemonade in a moving vehicle. Shudder! So I hope they have a good time! Me, I am trying to decide if I should go to bed and get a few more hours of sleep before I call the oil company because "oops", I forgot to order oil. During the summer, I just never think about it. At least it will be corrected by the time the husband gets home. I hate the lectures. I just received one from my mother. Not pleasant, I wonder if the lectures ever stop no matter how old you are.

4 comments:

I think that would be so cool to be an extra in a movie. Maybe we'll get to see his elbow or something. Totally Cool. But yeah, if you had to have car sickness to get there, no thanks. I'm sure lemonade tastes better going DOWN!

Congrats on the editor. You're just cruising along. I'm going to have to get you interviewed on my blog, like, pronto!!

I know what you mean when you say everything is new. I've been assigned an editor for two months now, but no edits have come in yet. They haven't even started working on my cover and there's no release date. But I'm sure that will all come in time.

First of all, congratulations on meeting your writing goal! And also for having your editor! This whole process is a blast, isn't it? A wonderful experience!Cool about your husband being an extra in the Batman film! And...hugs for having to endure lectures. Enjoy your alone time!

About Me

Writing has always been part of my life. As the oldest of four, I would write stories and plays to amuse my younger siblings. At the age of thirteen, I was published in the school paper. It was a narrative about a talking squirrel. In high school, I graduated into writing "fan fiction" where my favorite movie stars were the stars. I would read them to my friends at lunch. I was never seen without a notebook in my hand for my writing.

I always am thinking up stories in my head, so it was a natural progression to start putting them on paper. My dream of becoming a published author came true with the publication of my first novella Fated Mates!

I live in Rhode Island with my wonderful husband, who the minute he walked through the door of Friendly's Ice Cream, I knew I would marry him. We share our little house with two crazy cats who think they share their house with us!